Mervyn Williams New Zealand, 1940-.
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About Mervyn Williams
A New Zealand artist, Mervyn Williams was born in Whakatane in 1940. He studied at the Elam School of Fine Art and lives and works in Auckland. Initially a printmaker, he turned to large scale abstract painting in the late 1970s. He has exhibited regularly in New Zealand since 1966 and is represented in all major public and many private collections in this country as well as in private collections in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Mervyn Williams from 1990 and in total 326 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 197 (60%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $19,680 for Bright Gold sold by Webb's in May 2017. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Mervyn Williams are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Mervyn Williams is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 271
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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